It seems like a children's book about penguins hatching a baby at the Central Park Zoo in New York would be a cute story for parents to read to their kids.

"And Tango Makes Three" is such a story, with one twist, the adult penguins are both male.

The book, written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, has once again topped the American Library Association list of the 10 most frequently challenged books.

According to a news release from the ALA: "A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint filed with a library or school requesting that a book or other material be restricted or removed because of its content or appropriateness."

"And Tango Makes Three" is based on a true story about two chinstrap penguins named Roy and Silo. Interestingly, Roy and Silo - after the book was published - split. Silo started hanging out with Scrappy, a female, according to the paper of record on this story, The New York Times. And Roy, the paper said, was just standing in a corner.

"We wrote the book to help parents teach children about same-sex parent families. It's no more an argument in favor of human gay relationships than it is a call for children to swallow their fish whole or sleep on rocks."

Still, the book was often publicly challenged for what some said were homosexual undertones. others have said it is inappropriate for children. The book topped the complaint list in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Last year, it was second on the list behind Lauren Myracle's series that includes "ttyl," "ttfn," "l8r" and "g8r."

The list is based on about 400 to 550 complaints a year compiled by the Office for Intellectual Freedom.

The No. 2 book this year was "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian," a young adults book of fiction based on the real-life experiences of author Sherman Alexie at a predominantly white high school.

Four books including "Catcher in the Rye" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not make the list this year.

Sweet Jesus. Parents, make the decisions for what literature your child is enfluenced by. Whether you are liberal, conservative, Catholic, Jewish, Buddhist, WHATEVER, are you relying on any earthly governing agency to determine your family's influences? Isnt that the PARENTS' job? I have my belief and I love sharing it with my children. ITS MY JOB. I take pride in raising my children the way I see fit. It is not up to ANYONE else. Write books, songs, television programs, movies, blogs, do what you want. Im smart enough to keep my children on a righteous path, and its none of your business how I do it. This issue is for weak-hearted frightened people to get confused and angry over. Bashing someones' faith/ belief system is no answer to ANYTHING. Have you learned nothing from history? You need me to hear how you believe in evolution but the human race is not included? Christianity does not teach to hate ANYONE. Buddhism, same. Judaism, same. Hinuism, same. etc etc. I wouldnt trust a government official to hold my purse, let alone decide what my kid can read or not read. Thats how we got in the mess we are all in today- waiting for OUR DEAR LEADER to decide what your child should read, eat, watch, etc. Pull up your big-kid pants and be diligent. Teach them to love and let God stand in judgement.

Yes, we have this book at my branch. And you know what? There has never been a complaint lodged at my branch, or any branch in our system, as far as anybody knows. And it's library, ya chucklebunny! ðŸ˜‰

So let me get this right... After the book was published, one of the so called "gay" penguins got it right and found a woman and the other is standing in a corner contemplating how messed up he must have been. At least the animal kingdom is trying to get it right.

i feel sorry for you two. filled with such hate that must of taken the place of understanding. one day when you die you will realize how much of ur life was wasted on hating stuff you didnt understand and didnt take the time to understand. And the animal kingdom already has it right, the other penguins allowed the gay penguins too adopt their own egg and accepted them for who they are

Perhaps a more acceptable (and realistic) storyline could go like this: a society of penguins prevents a couple of male penguins from caring for a hatchling because it is "non-traditional and un-natural". The little hatchling dies of neglect. The end.

Wouldn't that be a beautiful thing? Even for those who believe in God. It is possible to believe in God without subscribing to religious dogma. I believe in a God that is far more loving and benevolent than the god depicted in the Bible.

Wow, I cannot believe all the belligerent hateful name-calling against conservative Christians. I just briefly read through most of these posts, and I'm disgusted with all of you who are bashing anyone who voices any opinion that doesn't agree with the liberal gay agenda. They have the right to disagree, and to be able to disagree without all the hate mongering. Why is it not ok to trash gays, minorities, etc, but it is ok for you to do the same to those who disagree with you? It is sickening.

@ antlermom ... please go away and find a new country to live in. I just hope that none of your kids/grandkids turn out gay, otherwise you would simply turn your back on em. What kind of church do you go to? Do you even belong to one? you're so mean ... another fake Christian I suppose ... carrying your bible and just hating everyone and anything ..

If parents took their responsibilities more seriously, they would see they – and only they – not some religious dogma or state agency – are responsible for what their children read. In a society of permissiveness, we like to blame "others". Parents need to step up to bat on this issue. The book is really more of an allegory about addressing some current social issue regarding gender and family roles. Gays shouldn't be punished for being gay, just as in God's eyes, we don't punish someone for being a Muslim, Jew, Hindu or Christian. While I'm not into religious dogma as the guiding principle of morality, I do believe that God is a LOVING god, and therefore, a tolerant one, regardless of gender, skin color or other non-manipulable variables that make up the human race.

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